Getting Started (page 16} Memory Stack, LAST X, and Data Storage (age 26) Numeric Functions page 42) Display Control (page 67) Programming Basics (page 74) Program Editing (page 96) Program Decisions. and Control (page 110) Subroutines (page 119) The index Register (page 127) Applications Pregrams (pace 140) Programming Techniques (page 206) Caeser PACKARD Portable Camputer Division 1000 NLE. Cirele Blvd., Corvallis, OR 97990, U.S.A. 00011-90001 Rev. G English Printed in Canada 11/85 a me ee el eee et ee HEWLETT-PACKARD HP-11C OWNER’S HANDBOOK AND PROBLEM-SOLVING GUIDENotice Hewlett-Packard Company makes no express or implied warranty with regard to the keystroke procedures end program material offered or their merchantability or their fitness for any particular purpose. The keystroke procedures and program mat 1@ user. Should the keystroke procedures or program material prove defective, the user (and not Hewlett-Packai Company nor any other party) necessary correction and damages. Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the furnishing, use, or performance of the keystroke procedures or program material. weve Caests3 PACKARD HP-11C Owner’s Handbook and Problem Solving Guide November 1985 00011-90001 Rev. G Printed in Canada 11/85 ® Hewlett-Packard Company 1982Introduction Congratulations! Your selection of an HP-11C calculator with Continuous Memory demonstrates your interest in quality, capability, and ease of use. This handbook describes the calculator’s many features and can help you to quickly learn how to use the features you are not already familiar with. Fundamentals, Programming, Applications Programs. Your HP-11C handbook is divided into three main parts. Parts I and II cover the use of keyboard and programming features you may be familiar with if you have used other HP programmable calculators. Part III provides you with a variety of applications programs, plus some additional information on fundamental programming practices. However, before you begin reading in any of the three main parts, we suggest that you gain some experience using your HP-11C by working through the introductory material entitled Your HP-11C, A Problem Solver, on page 9. Programming Sections in Brief. At or near the beginning of each section in part II (sections five through nine) is a brief cussion of the operating characteristics covered in that section. This information may be all you need to read in the section if you already know how to create, run, and edit programs on another HP calculator. If you are new to HP calculators, you'll want to also read the remaining material in each section for a more tutorial dizeussion and/or examples that highlight xalacted tapiex Additional Applications. Also available from many authorized Hewlett-Packard dealers is the HP-11C Solutions Handbook. This accessory handbook contains a comprehensive collection of HP-11C programs covering applications in mathematics, statis- tics, electrical engineering, chemistry, business, and games. oily eo ao» a! eo nD € i » = WvuvuvvvvVvVvVvUHEYUUEUY SEnnoorgoaoooss t Contents Introducti : The HP-11¢ Keyboard and Continuous Memory Your HP-11C: 4 Problem Solver - . Manual Solutions . Programmed Solutions . Partl: HP-11C Fundamentals foe 15 Section 1: Getting Started vo tteseeee 16 Power On and Off .... woes ve 16 Display ceceecteeseee 16 Radix Mark and Digit Separator... cittettrrersnee 16 Annunciators 5.0... 16 Negative Numbers sete 7 Display Clearin 7 Running . 18 Overflow and Underfiow - oe cee 18 Error Messages .. bitters 19 Low Battery Indicator . cites 19 Memory ..esceceeerees see 19) Continuous Memory... 19 Resetting Memory 20 Keyboard Operation ......- 20 Primary and Alternate Functions . cevees 20 Clearina Prefixes : vee 24 One-Number Functions. 21 Two-Number Functions .. 22 Section 2: The Automatic Memory Stack, LAST X, 1 and Data Storage ......---.+ wee “The Automatic Memory Stack and Stack Manipulation ......... 26 Stack Manipulation Functions 27 Calculator Functions and the Stack . 29 29 Two-Number Functions .......6.00+5 Chain Calculations .. : LASTX oo Constant Arithmetic